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Snow Leopard has moved to a different print set up and I could not associate the print drivers with the print server. The most difficult part is getting the correct print drivers if the printer wasn't already installed on the machine you wish to print from. Finally, the thing just hangs sometimes. However, in practice it is a bit annoying. But this is required far too ofter. I could not get it to work with the latest version of MacOS X, snow leopard.
When this happens unplugging the print server and plugging the ac back it makes it work just fine. As advertised the print server sounded great. First off, setup on windows vista/7 is simple. The Mac says all is good, but no output, while the windows machines are able to print fine.
Simple setup, and worked without a hitch with my canon ip4300.Had a mixed environment of windows 7 and XP computers printing in less than 15 min.
Some believe they have wireless printers and they don't. Haven't used it yet have in-home computer service. This will make it available with any printer.
Then all is well. Added bonus for me, since now I could install both printers for use on all my various computers. I wanted to add a laser jet printer to Win 7, and share it on my network easily. The drivers worked with the old Hawking stuff. That is the main reason I am writing this review. Also added deskjet driver by using windows update for my Win7 machine while using the network monitor wizard and that process worked fine; though it is easier if you ensure the printer driver is loaded first, it is not necessary. Previous to using this, I had a really old but reliable parallel port network print server by Hawking Technologies on my deskjet that I've been using for 5 years, but that never showed up on the Win7 network detection, so I figured I couldn't use it. However, once I installed the new version of IOGear's software that comes with this IOGear USB print server, it detected both network print servers.
I did that, and now they both work great on several WinXP and Win7 computers of varying ages. Only oddness in installation that I saw was on some machines the usb printer was reset to "offline", so you need to right click on that printer and set it to "work online" before you can use it. This print server works great for me. No mention of current driver support for that printer server on Hawking website. It is rare to have a driver work better than you expected.
Not listed, unknown to IOGear. Stupid me. Makes no sense to me, a 20 year networking guy who has installed numerous devices on networks. Tech support took a bunch of info from me then said check the driver and compatibility list. Ended up getting the Netgear PS121 which worked right out of the box.
It is simply taking a signal over TCP/IP and translating it back into USB for use by the printer. I have an HP P1006, straightforward laser printer. Didn't work. At the same price. I don't know what's wrong with this device.
This makes no sense, this is like saying check that your lightbulb is compatible with your extension cord. However, I am a cheapskate, so bought this on price.
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